Carbs - A cautionary Tale

Dear god...oh dear god...

So agree with you! Really 190,000 thousand years ago.... Really?!?!

People can talk all day about what caused a disorder and what helps or doesn't. The facts are not facts at all, just opinions based on various studies with widely different results. Alzheimer's type dementia is a devastating illness that cannot be fully confirmed until autopsy and is NOT curable. A lot of other illnesses mimic Alzheimer's. Metabolic disorders, vascular illness, Parkinson's... all of these have been misdiagnosed as early onset Alzheimer's.
Regardless of what you are suffering from, good luck to you and your family. Spend time now with them writing your future healthcare and financial wishes down and ( if you normally take care of your household financials) sit down with your loved one and make a list of all your account numbers, passwords and bill needs so they are not left blind if you do not get better.
This is not being morbid or uncaring. I just have seen too many families devastated by dementia who wish their loved one had done this for them before the illness completely took over.
Again, good luck. I wish you well.

I'm not going to go on a pro-Paleo or pro-Atkins crusade, but start reading medical journals - that's where I try to get most of my info from. Paleo is a healthy way to low-carb, because you're getting your nutrients from natural sources. But hey, to each their own.

If you truly are going through Alzheimers, my thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family. Good luck.

I followed a low carb diet once, under 100g a day for almost 11 months and felt great. BUT my hair did thin quite a bit. That was the only draw back for me.

I followed a high carb diet for a year and my hair thinned as well...but I think that is because I got a year older...

Yeah cause all Paleo man ate a low carb diet, oh wait...

Eaton et al. Paleolithic nutrition revisited: A twelve-year retrospective on its nature and implications. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1997) 51, 207±216

http://www.direct-ms.org/pdf/EvolutionPaleolithic/Eaton Paleo Nutri Review EJCN.pdf

From your reference paleo man ate 205 grams of carbohydrates per day with an estimated 100 grams of fiber that makes 105 grams of carbs a day. For some this wouldn't be low carb but no where near the 300-400g the typical "modern" man is eating now.

Okay, but think about how many more total calories the modern man is eating now.

Yeah cause all Paleo man ate a low carb diet, oh wait...

Eaton et al. Paleolithic nutrition revisited: A twelve-year retrospective on its nature and implications. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1997) 51, 207±216

http://www.direct-ms.org/pdf/EvolutionPaleolithic/Eaton Paleo Nutri Review EJCN.pdf

From your reference paleo man ate 205 grams of carbohydrates per day with an estimated 100 grams of fiber that makes 105 grams of carbs a day. For some this wouldn't be low carb but no where near the 300-400g the typical "modern" man is eating now.

Okay, but think about how many more total calories the modern man is eating now.

Seems to be a relation there...

Let us know if eating more carbs reverses your Alzheimer's, if you remember.

If you don't agree with what the op says then fine but there's no need to get nasty!

What the ****? How is this nasty? I eat over 300g of carbs a day, and I think paleo is bull****...



What the hell is wrong with the people on these forums, attacking everyone saying they're rude and nasty all the damn time? Stop. It's ****ing annoying.

How the fu@k can you say "how is this nasty"........................did you not read the comment???? ( Let us know if eating more carbs reverses your Alzheimer's, if you remember )..........IF YOU REMEMBER.........!!!! There's the nasty comment!!!....duh!!!

The OP had a Snickers bar for lunch Friday. Hope your high carb theory is correct!

Just looking at your food diary, you are really carb heavy and light on protein. I don't think any nutritionist would condone that.

That said, no one on here ever changes their belief system. So, all this talk is rather pointless.

I followed a low carb diet once, under 100g a day for almost 11 months and felt great. BUT my hair did thin quite a bit. That was the only draw back for me.

I followed a high carb diet for a year and my hair thinned as well...but I think that is because I got a year older...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Going back through your food diary, I would not say you eat low carb. You eat over 150 carbs a day, sometimes in the 200's. I'm sorry to hear you have Alzheimer's, but I highly doubt carbohydrates are the cause.......

Yeah, I was looking through his food diary and if anything I would say it was too low in good fats! And since your brain is made of fat... no, no relation there right.